PERT 3.

DRAMA TERMS

a. Kegiatan Pembelajaran ke 3
1. Drama Terms
2. Tujuan Materi Pembelajaran
a) Mahasiswa diharapkan mampu memahami istilah dalam drama

b) Mahasiswa diharapkan mampu mengidentifikasi beberapa istilah drama

dari teks

3. Materi Pembelajaran

DRAMA TERMS

In this chapter discusses about some terms related to literature, especially

terms that has related to drama. It is important to elaborate because every subject has
specific terms and specific purpose. After finish studying this chapter are expected the
students have comprehended about drama terms.

 Drama*: In the most general sense, “drama” is work designed to be

represented on a stage by actors. More strictly, however, a drama is a serious
play (though it may end either happily or unhappily) dealing with a problem of
importance.
 Dramatic Form*: This refers to the organization of the writing in a script,
whereby the speakers are listed, their speech is written, and stage directions
tell the actors how to deliver their lines. The beginning of each scene or act
also has information detailing what the stage should look like.
 Dramatis Personae: The list of characters in a play so the audience knows
who is who before the action begins. Provided at the beginning of the play’s
script.
 Play: The performed dramatic production seen on stage in live theater
 Script: The words printed on paper spoken by the actors
 Act: A chunk of the play’s action. Shakespeare’s plays always have five acts
that are noted with a large Roman numeral.
 Scene: A division of action within an act. Shakespeare’s plays have a
variety of numbers of scenes that are noted with a small Roman
numeral.
 Line: A single line of writing in a play noted with Arabic numbers.
 Pathetic Fallacy: This is an artistic device whereby Nature reflects a
character’s feelings and/or the mood of the events in the literature, which
means pathetic fallacy is a setting reinforcement. Because it is just a
reflection, pathetic fallacy also falls short of full personification. Pathetic
fallacy carries over the moods and passions of a human being to inanimate
objects or, more particularly, mirrors human emotion in nature, animals, or
objects. For example: "Nature must be gladsome when I was so happy"; or
“nature weeps” for a given character’s sorrow (as a reference to rain).

 Monologue*: A single fictional speaker—usually a performance actor—gives

an extended speech, either as if alone on stage (like a Shakespearian
soliloquy) or as if speaking to a fictional audience. The personality of the
character and significant events in his/her life are revealed by the speech. If
the speaker delivers the monologue to a fictional audience, the reader also
gets information about that
audience, because the monologue’s comments and questions allow the reader to
infer information in that area. Also known as monodrama.
 Dialogue*: When two or more speakers speak to one another;
the spoken exchanges that comprise a play.
 Interior monologue*: The depiction of the thoughts and feelings that
flow, with no apparent logic, through the mind of a character. Although
the term is essentially interchangeable with stream of consciousness
(see the story terms handout), it has been argued that an interior
monologue is an even more direct depiction of the
character’s consciousness. (NT)
 Prologue*: An opening section of a longer work such as a novel or a
play. The prologue may perform a number of functions: establish and/or
anticipate character, theme, action or setting, etc. Romeo and Juliet
opens with a prologue, which is in the form of a sonnet. See your poetry
terms handout for the definition of sonnet.

Soliloquy*: When a character speaks his/her true thoughts